Raquel Welch Quotes

"Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts - only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do."

"Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict."

"I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?" - in 1973

"The mind is an erogenous zone."

"Americans have always had sex symbols. It'a time-honored tradition and I'm flattered to have been one. But it's hard to have a long, fruitful career once you've been stereotyped that way. That's why I'm proud to say I've endured."

[about Mae West] "I do think she was a spectacular talent. There's no question she was a comedic genius, but I did, in person, actually feel like she was some kind of a dock worker in drag."